Music & Audio

Discover thousands of free tutorials covering all aspects of music and audio, from music theory to audio production. Follow our expert instructors who'll help you become more productive and effective.

Whether you want to learn best practices for audio recording, sound design, podcasting, or any other audio topic, you'll find plenty of useful tips and advice to help you meet your goals. You can also find practical tutorials on using software like Audacity and Reaper.

And why not spice up your audio projects by discovering some great royalty-free music and sound effects to use to your heart's content?

Featured Music & Audio Tutorials

  • 23 Cinematic Music Tracks to Inspire Your Next Video

    23 Cinematic Music Tracks to Inspire Your Next Video

    Envato Market
  • Live Editing: How to Edit Audio While Recording in Descript

    Live Editing: How to Edit Audio While Recording in Descript

    Duncan Clark
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    Music & Audio Courses

  • Sound Design in Reaper | Creating a Sports Drink Ad

    Sound Design in Reaper | Creating a Sports Drink Ad

    David Bode
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    1. How To Process a Voice Over in Adobe Audition

      How To Process a Voice Over in Adobe Audition

      Tutorial Beginner

      In this tutorial, I'll show the step-by-step process of processing a voice recording within Audition. By the end, you will be able to edit your recording and...

    2. Automated Dialogue Replacement: How to Improve Any Video With ADR

      Automated Dialogue Replacement: How to Improve Any Video With ADR

      Tutorial Beginner

      In this tutorial, I'll give you a step-by-step outline of the ADR recording process. You will learn how to record, edit and mix replacement dialogue.

    3. Cubase Explained

      Cubase Explained

      Tutorial Beginner

      Steinberg's Cubase helps audio engineers, musicians, video editors and sound engineers to create and manage projects easily and with a robust set of...

    4. DIY Vocal Booth Part 1: The Key to a Good Vocal/Voice Recording

      DIY Vocal Booth Part 1: The Key to a Good Vocal/Voice Recording

      Tutorial Beginner

      Thinking about room acoustics will take your vocal and voice recordings to the next level. In this two-part series I'll show you the basic acoustic...

    5. Microphone Placement for Voice Overs: What You Need to Know

      Microphone Placement for Voice Overs: What You Need to Know

      Tutorial Beginner

      Learn how to position a microphone for voice recording. Discover the best starting points. In this tutorial, I'll show you how to record voice overs that...

    6. A Master Guide to Voice Compression—How To
Compress Voice Recordings

      A Master Guide to Voice Compression—How To Compress Voice Recordings

      Tutorial Intermediate

      In this tutorial I'll explain ratio, threshold, attack time, release time and gain. Then I'll give you some tips as to how to use compression to improve your...

    7. How to Null Test Your Gear: Part 1

      How to Null Test Your Gear: Part 1

      Tutorial Intermediate

      Looking through equipment and any number of plugins might lead you to question what, really, is necessary and what is superfluous. In this tutorial, I'll...

    8. Advanced Audio Processing for Video

      Advanced Audio Processing for Video

      Course Intermediate

      In a video production, audio is arguably a more important factor than picture. In this course, you will learn how to edit, process, mix, and master audio for...

    9. Mixing Within the Soundstage Part 1: EQ

      Mixing Within the Soundstage Part 1: EQ

      Tutorial Intermediate

      Mixing any track to a professional standard is a craft that takes time and experience to master, as well as a good monitoring environment. A great mix will...

    10. Drums, Beats, and Rhythms in Logic Pro X

      Drums, Beats, and Rhythms in Logic Pro X

      Course Beginner

      Getting good drums and beats is one of the most important and difficult aspects of working with Logic Pro X. How do you create something original or...

    11. Learn Logic Pro X in 2 Hours

      Learn Logic Pro X in 2 Hours

      Course Intermediate

      Whether you’re making Logic Pro X your main DAW, upgrading from an older version of Logic, or just want to use Logic Pro X along side other software, this...

    12. Understanding Harmony: Part 1

      Understanding Harmony: Part 1

      Tutorial Intermediate

      What is harmony? How do chords relate to one another? How can a chord progression build a framework for a song? In this tutorial we'll answer those questions...